Overview

Our software product HypeIMT is the world's most widely installed idea management software for new product development. With more than 110 installations, HypeIMT supports global leaders like BASF, Bosch, General Electric, Nokia-Siemens, Procter & Gamble, Roche, and Siemens as well as many medium-sized companies, in managing the early stages of the innovation process.

HypeIMT helps you organizes the "Front End of Innovation", i.e. the complete process of capturing, rating, comparing and selecting innovation ideas.

Here are some things that HypeIMT can help you do:

• Create an innovation community where ideas are shared, discussed and voted upon by innovators from all across your organization
• Run idea campaigns (also known as "idea contests", "calls for ideas") to quickly gather ideas on highly focused topics from select audiences in your organization
• Encourage and incentivise innovation by crediting innovators with their ideas, getting them feedback from their peers, and possibly awarding them points that may be redeemed for material or immaterial rewards
• Systematize the "Front End of Innovation" and put in place a systematic process for capturing, rating and selecting ideas
• Define evaluation criteria for ideas that make sense for your company size, industry, and innovation culture
• Organize idea review meetings where the most promising ideas are presented, discussed, and selected to receive funding
• Manage idea portfolios for different business units, markets, and strategic buckets
• Define an idea management process that is right for your organization, i.e., a process that fits your organization's unique structure, culture, and mindset
• Strike a balance between centralism and diversity in how you define your idea management process to make sure that your organization-wide innovation process will be adopted across departments, locations, and regions